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Wollemi

26-Dec-2011
7:03:51 PM

http://www.smh.com.au/world/hittiing-his-peak-jordan-15-breaks-climbing-record-20111226-1pa3z.html

kieranl

26-Dec-2011
9:31:19 PM

With parents like that, who needs enemies?

GriZZly

27-Dec-2011
6:45:42 PM

Nowhere in the article did i read when he summited Kosciusko? Im pretty sure Indonesia is Asia in too so hes doubled up there....

Mike Bee

27-Dec-2011
7:35:36 PM

I have reservations about the impact of his parents, and personally debate whether you should be rightfully be able to claim the seven summits if you used a guide, but regardless, it's a pretty amazing achivement by someone that age to tick them all.

Fingers crossed he continues to climb for his own reasons and turns into a trad climber and alpinist with pure ethics, and perhaps aims to do them all again under his own steam.

shortman

28-Dec-2011
9:48:18 PM

On 27/12/2011 Mike Bee wrote:
>I have reservations about the impact of his parents, and personally debate
>whether you should be rightfully be able to claim the seven summits if
>you used a guide, but regardless, it's a pretty amazing achivement by someone
>that age to tick them all.
>
>Fingers crossed he continues to climb for his own reasons and turns into
>a trad climber and alpinist with pure ethics, and perhaps aims to do them
>all again under his own steam.

Was this last paragraph for real? Pure ethics? Have a look at the world around ya.

Macciza

28-Dec-2011
10:19:45 PM

Have a look at the world around ya. . .
Exactly! It's farked up! As shown by this story . . .
We can only hope he finds enlightenment, but with obviously very rich parents already skewing his world view, I don't hold too many hopes . . .
He'll probably end up doing the Big 14 with guides and support teams, all for a book deal . . .
The 'youngest guided ascents' mean very little in my book . . .

One Day Hero

28-Dec-2011
10:34:45 PM

On 28/12/2011 Macciza wrote:
>
>He'll probably end up doing the Big 14 with guides and support teams,
>all for a book deal . . .
>The 'youngest guided ascents' mean very little in my book . . .

Who'd you get your book deal with Macca? :)

One Day Hero

28-Dec-2011
10:43:26 PM

And can we please stop thinking of Everesty stuff as "climbing"? Crossing over from 7 summits to trad climbing?? The two things have almost nothing to do with each other!

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